Weather Records on 12 November 2015

711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 2015. Highest significance: Denison, US.

Key Facts for 12 November 2015

On 12 November 2015, 711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
490 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 683 daily.
Denison set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 12 November 2015.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

711 stations

711 station records on 12 November 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chippewa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Menomonie	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
U of Mn St Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing Dam 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bricelyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Durand	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandspit River (Ringrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Luck	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jixi	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chengde	China	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castana Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holstein	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owatonna	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swea City 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

711 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 265, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 225, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 12 November 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	265
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	225
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 12 November 2015 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 683.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

595 broken records

Margins by which the 595 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 2015

Top 20 records on 12 November 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 2015	Denison, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 November 2015	Sac City, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	102 years	77 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2015	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2015	Aparan, AM	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2015	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	112 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2015	Sheldon, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2015	St James Wwtp, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2015	Amery, US	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2015	Sanborn, US	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2015	Chippewa Falls, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	108 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2015	Menomonie, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2015	Ironwood, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2015	Zumbrota, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2015	Bloomer, US	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2015	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2015	Rest Lake, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2015	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2015	U of Mn St Paul, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2015	Windom, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2015	Red Wing Dam 3, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1802 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2015. 2015 had 711 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	500
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2